Kiss Of Rain

I caught a whiff of petrichor. The headiest aroma for me. It also brings with it an intoxicating sense of freedom. Like an impulsive teenager I ran out to welcome the cloudburst; to drink in and relish the aroma while it lasts. I took long deep breaths trying to take it all in and savour it. My pulse quickened and I felt light as I stepped into the pearly raindrops. It felt as if the rain resonates with my feelings. What started as a drizzle turned into a downpour and increased in intensity till it calmed down and paced itself ending in tranquility. “A cocktail of emotions”.

What is this thing with rain and me? What started as a mild happy tug at my heart turned into an uncontained outburst of sheer exuber

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ance and ecstasy. I went through a wide array of emotions and reached serenity. A sudden outpour that washed away all the doubts and insecurities and filled all the voids and lows. The rainwater thrashed against me trying to instill something that I lost along the way..cold and prickling at first as if chastising me and turned warm and fuzzy to soothe and embrace me.

“Where have you been all this time when I pined for you?” I snap aggrieved. “I was plummetting into darkness and I had let myself go. You seized hold of me when I was about to hit the bottom.

You are giving me hope. You are drenching me with love”. I looked up and noticed that the grey clouds have parted to let in some light.